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Worse than this, you have a heck of a night in store for you. >> yeah. i think a lot of people in tampa and naples are watching images out of miami with a lot of concern knowing what it heading here, is going to be exponentially worse. joined by senator nelson from the state of florida. when you see the pictures out of miami and we're looking at some now, it's a warning to people here about what to expect in the coming hours. >> anderson, people are scared. but people are really helping other people. but miami is getting those outer rain bands. the real strength of this storm is going to be as...

That does not have any windows, that's the place to be now. marco, naples, fort myers, punta gorda, port charlotte, it's you next. get ready. john? >> all right. chad myers for us. thanks so much. specific forecasts for sprifk ar specific areas. so many at risk and already so many at greater risk over the coming hours. on the phone with me i believe is josh levy. the mayor of hollywood, florida. mr. mayor -- talk to me about how things are where you are? >> well, yesterday at 7:00 p.m., strongly beginning at 9:00 a.m. this morning, we're seeing very persistent winds here. 50, 50 miles an hour....

Right now. >> all right. mayor josh levy of hollywood, florida. in many ways your work just going to begin, because once this storm ends, the recovery begins. and people will come out of their houses and they'll have a whole lot of work to do. so stay strong, mayor. thanks so much for being with us. all right. we're here in miami, obviously, as you can see. still ferocious winds in miami. that's the way it's been on the east coast of florida for several hours now. hurricane irma has made the turn. it is moving up the west coast. serious concern of storm surge. 10 to 15 feet in naples. cnn spec...

But only just. hurricane irma has not passed the half way point. it's moving up the west coast. naples, fort myers and tampa in its path. so much more damage and concern is still to come. anderson coop sir in tampa right now. 5r7bdson? anderson? >> the story on the west coast really is just beginning to get written. we are going to see an awful lot of increase in the bands of the storm as this storm begins to make landfall here on the west coast in points south. tampa probably, according to chad myers, won't see the worst of it until 11:00 p.m. tonight. 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 a.m., with some of tha...

Water that could be associated with power lines on it. so it's imperative, again, we learn from sandy, we learn from harvey, take that grid down when you get the hurricane winds. otherwise you have fires. >> reporter: yes. and then power out for some time. russell honore, general, thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate your insight here as we continue to work through what you call a first quarter of a disaster like this. the quarter that mother nature usually wins. we come in in the second, third and fourth quarter to try to recover from a storm like this. miami, still getting poun...